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AROUND THE WORLD WITH ANT AND BEE
Written by Angela Banner. Illustrated by Bryan Ward.
Stock no. 2137742
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

And and Bee take young children on a journey to many lands and peoples. Small oblong format. Pink pictorial boards, colour pictures. 93 pages. 4 x 4.75". Front cover is a bit bowed. Spine and cover edges are faded. Foxing to a few pages and outer page edges. Illustrations are still lovely and bright! Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; a bit of loss; some uneven fading and grubby marks.

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ANT AND BEE GO SHOPPING
Written by Angela Banner. Illustrated by Angela Banner.
Stock no. 2137741
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

Book 12 in the Ant and Bee series. Small oblong format. Red glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0718200446. Some fading to spine. Pale browning and odd foxspot to some pages.

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THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS 24TH FOOT 1689-1937
Written by C.T. Atkinson.
Stock no. 2137737
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. 52 plates of which 23 are colour. Folding maps. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and page margins.

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THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS 1914-1918 (3 VOLUMES)
Written by John Ross-Of-Bladensburg.
Stock no. 2137731
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1928. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Larger format. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spines; gilt borders and decorations around motif to front cover. 3rd Volume Contains the Maps. Inscriptions in ink to front endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges and margins. Wrapper to volume I is MISSING it's rear flap and panel. All other wrappers also have edge-chipping and creasing; Maps volume has 1" loss to top of spine.

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THE HISTORY OF THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY 1914-1919
Written by Everard Wyrall.
Stock no. 2137730
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette/crest to front cover. With a foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. With 21 illustrations and 21 maps, some folding. Some light wear to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. A couple of plates are loosely inserted to front, as is dedication page. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is scuffed with marks; tears and chips; name in pencil to top of front panel; minimal loss.

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REGIMENTAL HISTORY THE ROYAL HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by C.T. Atkinson.
Stock no. 2137719
Published by Robert Maclehose And Co. Ltd. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles to spines and vignettes to front covers. Volume I published in 1950, covers upto 1914. Volume II published in 1952 covers 1914-1918. B/w illustrations. Spines are a bit bumped and faded. Some marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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SOMERSET SHELL GUIDE
Written by C.H.B. Quennell; Peter Quennell.
Stock no. 2137638
Published by The Architectural Press. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition.

Spiral bound, card wraps. B/w photos. Some browning to covers. A bit of creasing/wear to cover edges and corners. Surface paper damage with a bit of loss to front cover. Contents are still very good - just odd margin mark.

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A HORSE BOOK
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 2137491
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1901. Almost very good condition.

One of Mary Tourtel's first books before she went on to create Rupert Bear! Dumpy Books For Children series No. 10. Small format. Green cloth with dark green titles and stripes. Colour pictures with text facing, printed on one side of the paper only. A delightful little book! Foxing and browning to covers, with some uneven fading. Small nick to cloth at base of spine. Front joint is a bit cracked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning. A few hinges are a little pulled.

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FIRST TERM AT MALORY TOWERS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stanley Lloyd.
Stock no. 2137440
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, green titles and vignette. Blue and green pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 153 pages. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Slight fade to very edge of a couple of edges. Some light knocks along cover edges. White mottling to pasetdowns at edges (from glue underneath). Foxing and some browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a faded spine; some edge-tears and chips; a few small areas of loss along edges. Wrapper has some tape repairs with magic tape to verso.

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EGYPTIAN BIRDS
Written by Charles Whymper. Illustrated by Charles Whymper.
Stock no. 2137437
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Fawn cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Yellow, green and orange decoration to spine; 51 tissue-guarded colour plates as well as 11 line drawings in text. 2 page original booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Black mark to top edge of outer page edges (over gilt). Joints are a little cracked. Small damp marks along top edge and bottom corner of front endpaper. Some foxing and marks throughout. Light browning to plate margins.

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THE LAKE OF GENEVA
Written by Francis Gribble. Illustrated by J. Hardwicke Lewis; May Hardwicke Lewis.
Stock no. 2137434
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1909. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 20 Shilling Series. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles to spine and and front cover. Top edge gilt. 60 tissue-guarded colour plates. Folding map. 4 page booklist to rear. The rarest of the Black's 20 Shilling Series. Assumed early edition/reprint in same year as 1st edition - as has 4 page booklist to rear. Spine is browned with a few chips and splits to top; some fraying to cloth. Corners are bumped. A bit of scuffing to rear cover. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Joints are starting to crack a little. Some foxing and browning.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1947 - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2137385
Published by Daily Express. 1947. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps - Rupert running after a tiny dragon. 1st story Rupert and the Top Hat. Light wear to top an tail of spine, which has a little browning. Name/inscription in ink to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. A few marks to belongs to page. Browning to pages, but puzzles are clean.

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